BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoPeople that can wiggle their ears, how???message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down14
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squarePeople that can wiggle their ears, how???BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·9 months agoGenetic difference. Just like people who can raise one eyebrow. Not all of us have the same muscle control. Likely a leftover from days where we could point our ears towards a sound like small-eared dogs can.
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoWait until y’all hear about ear rumbling and eye wiggling…
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoAnybody can learn to use these muscles. It doesn’t just come naturally.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoSome people say maybe. Some say maybe not. https://www.livescience.com/33809-wiggle-ears.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/science/wiggle-ears.html “Some people can reportedly improve their ear wiggling by concentration and practice, but they have to have the ability to begin with.”
minus-squareDrusas@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThe things that it requires most is patience.
Genetic difference. Just like people who can raise one eyebrow. Not all of us have the same muscle control. Likely a leftover from days where we could point our ears towards a sound like small-eared dogs can.
Wait until y’all hear about ear rumbling and eye wiggling…
Anybody can learn to use these muscles. It doesn’t just come naturally.
Some people say maybe. Some say maybe not.
https://www.livescience.com/33809-wiggle-ears.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/science/wiggle-ears.html
“Some people can reportedly improve their ear wiggling by concentration and practice, but they have to have the ability to begin with.”
The things that it requires most is patience.